Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo has been on a roll of late.
For the past three weeks, Niumatalolo has been able to tell his players that Navy was facing a team that was better than the one to which it had just lost.
Navy lost to SMU in overtime then had to face red-hot Temple, which has now won five of its last six contests. After falling to the Owls by a touchdown, the Midshipmen had to turn around and take on a Houston club that ranks second nationally in scoring offense with 48.7 points per game.